This autumn was unusually warm across Finland, with the Finnish Meteorological Institute noting it was the fourth mildest in history.
There were a total of eight days when the temperature nudged over 25 degrees, which is regarded in Finland as the threshold for "hot" weather. The sunny weather brought many warm early autumn days.
Temperatures reached a high of 11.2 degrees Celsius in Kilpisjärvi on Friday, compared to a high of -1.7 degrees on the same day last year.
Temperature records continued to be broken this week in Utsjoki, Finland's northernmost municipality. Despite thie, the autumn migration of birds is proceeding at a fairly standard pace, according to Birdlife Finland.
A high of 14.7 degrees Celsius was measured in the southwestern city of Pori on Monday night.
It was warmer and wetter last year than national averages, the Finnish Meteorological Institute reports.
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